Teach social skills‑‑appropriate to age (such as how to cooperate, share, control emotions, and manage anger).

IMPORTANT: Give real and meaningful feedback to children and youth, based on what is real and avoid “empty praise.”

This article notes the power of adult mirroring (also explained on pp. 47‑48 of “The Resiliency Workbook.”) It states, “Children incorporate negative adult opinions [i.e. mirroring] into their sense of self.”

The activities listed above are examples of positive adult mirroring, which resiliency research indicates has enormous power‑‑even if it comes from only one caring adult in a child’s life.